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QUARTERMASTER   GeXERAE'S    OFKCB, 

Richmond,  July  1,  1864. 
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ral  Orders  relating  to  the  dirties  of  quartermasters,  issued  from  the 
office  of  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General  during  the  second  quarter  of 
the  current  year  (1864    : 

No.  42,  April  14,1864.] 

XII.  Officers  to  whom  soldiers  on  detached  or  detailed  duty  report. 
will  take  possession  of  their  descriptive  lists,  and,  in  accordance  with 
instructions  thereon  given,  will  prtoare  and  certify  to  the  muster  rolls 
npon  which  they  receive  the  pay  dim  them.  Payments  will  bo  mado 
such  soldiers,  when  in  the  field,  at  the  end  of  every  two  rhoriths;  when 
at  posts,  at  the  end  of  each  month.  Upon  these  rolls  annual  settlements 
of  clothing  accounts  may  be  made  with  soldiers  on  detailed  duty  at 
posts. 

XIII.  To  prevent  their  detention  on  their  way  home,  soldiers,  leaving 
the  army  on  furlough  of  indulgence  will,  instead  of  being  furnished  with 
descriptive  lists,  be  paid  at  their  commands  to  the  close  of  the  month 
preceding  the  dates  of  their  furloughs,  upon  detached  rolls,  signed  by 
their  company  commanders., 

XIV.  Sick  or  wounded  men  sent  to  hospitals  Will  be  paid  as  here- 
tofore, upon  hospital  muster  and  pay  rolls.  Those  who,  on  account  of 
Wounds  or  ill  health,  are  permitted  to  go  to  their  homes,  may  be  paid 
upon  descriptive  lists,  by  the  nearest  quartermaster  or  assistant  quarter- 
master. 

XV.  When  soldiers  are  ordered  to  rejoin  their  command:n*>fficers  with 
whom  they  have  been  on  duty,  surgeons  in  charge  of  hospitals  of  which 
they  have  been  inmates,  and  quartermasters  and  assistant  quartermasters 
paying  those  sick  and  wounded  at  home,  will  (after  ear-fully  noting 
upon  their  descriptive  lists  payments  made  to  them)  return  such  soldiers 
their  descriptive  lists,  to  be  delivered  to  their  company  commander,  and 


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v         '-  *  transmit,  threugh  iing  the  army  to  which 

th^^e]ong>  duplicates  bf  the  same  to  the  latter. 

SI-  The  following  Acts  of  Congress  are  published  for  the  information 

J">  Act  to  provide  compensation  for  Officers  who  may  heretofore  k^ne per- 
formed Staff  Duty  under  Orders  of  t/itir  Superior  Officers. 

Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  That 
officer  or  private  of  any  legally  constituted  military  org*miza~ 
I  qay  have  heretofore,  by  order  of  his  proper  superior  officii*,  per- 

i       )    [a    (  staff  duty  appropriate  to  such  command,  he  shall  be  entitled 
b  sive  pay  for  the  time  he  was  so  engaged  in  the  discharge  o^  such 

duties.:  provided,  that  there  was  not  then  present  fit  for  duty,  any  officer 
d~ly  appointed   for   the  discharge  of  the  same.     [Approved  February 
:t.] 


[General  Orders,  No.  44,  April  29.  1864.] 

VIII.  Vacancies  will  be  filled  by  selection  from  the  officers  of  the  de- 
partment in  which  they  occur. 

X.  Promotions  in  the  general  staff  of  the  army  will  be  by  selection 
and  not  by  seniority,  except  in  cases  of  known  competency  for  higher 
grade. 


[General  Orders,  No.  45,  May  2,  18C4.] 

II.   Special  attention  is  called  to  the  appropriation,  by  impressment,  of 

horses  for  cavalry  service.     It  is  without  warrant  of  law,  and  will  not  be 

•    v  circumstances  whatever.     Commanding  Generals  and 

J  ting  Officers  will  promptly  report  to  this  office  any  violation  of  this 

order. 

IV.  Special  agents,  to  make  purchases  or  secure  shipment  of  supplies, 
witl  not  be  sent  to  any  foreign  port,  except  in  cases  of  most  urgent  ne- 
.  of  which  necessity  report  will  be  made  immediately  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.  All  purchases  will  be  made  by  agents,  under  orders  from 
tire  Secretary  of  War;  or  by  officers  charged  with  the  export  and  impor- 
tation of  cotton  and  purchase  of  foreign  supplies;  or  by  officers  or  agents 
acting  under  express  authority  from  the  General  commanding  the  Trans- 
issippi  Department. 


V.  All  horses  impressed  by  the  goreftment,  sold  or  in  any  manner 

.   assigned  to  officers,  will  be  immediately  restored  to  the  Quarter  .. 
Department,  to  be  appropriated  to  the,  puttie  service,  as  contemplated  by 
lav.     Such  sale's  and  alignments  by  order  of  a  Commanding  G  .1 

are  prohibited,  and  will  not  be  sanctioned. 


[General  Orders,  Xo.  48,  May  27,  l£64.j 

I.   The  receipts  of  bonded  quartermasters  and   commissaries  I 
fcs  of  tax  service  are  the  only  receipts  valid  to  a  producer  for  U» 
tithe  tax.     All  others  are  worthless,  and  unjust  impositibns  on  t 
payer.     It  is  strictly  forbidden  that  a/  rsons  tian  those 

named  shall  give  receipts  for  the  title-. 

n-   In  a]:  '  |  '  tithes  by  officers  of  the  Quartermaster 

and  Commissary  Departments  in  the  fi  i  will  be  given  n* 

to  the  district  quartermaster  on  tax  duty.     Such  receipts  must  si 
md  county  of  the  producer. 

III.  Quartermasters  and  commissaries  who  have  means  of  transporta- 
tion, and  all  such  officers  collecting  supplies,  will  give  special  atl 

removal  of  the  tax  in  kind  from  interior  depots  to  rail  road  stations 
and  to  the  supply  storehouses  of  the  army. 

IV.  Officers  with  troops  are  prohibited  from  forcibly  taking  possession 
of  the  (ax  depots  or  appropriating  the  tithe.  If  they  need  supplies,  re- 
quisition therefor  will  be  made  upon  the  tax  officer  or  agent. 

VII.  Officers  of  the  QuartermasterV|  Department  will  return  t 
quartermaster  from  whom  grain  is  received,  the  sacks  in  which  it  is  con- 
tained,    Failing  to  do  so,  they  will  be  charged  one  dollar  and  ninety 
cents  for  each  sack  not  returned. 

VIII.  Post  commanders  will  inspect  the  offices  of  such  officers  as  are 
prohibited  from  employing  able-bodied  men  in  their  departments  or  bu- 
reaux, and  in  cases  of  violation  of  the  law,  take  the  action  required  by 
the  department  and  district  commander,  in  section  9,  act  of  February  J 7, 
1864  (General  Orders,  No.  26]  current  series). 


I.    The  following  Acts  of  Congress  are  published  for  the  i 

of  the  ariD}  : 

to  furnish  transportation  to  Officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  while 
t raiding  wder  orders. 

The  I  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  Tl 

i-    of  tli'   army  and  navy,  while  traveling  under  orders  of  thi 
or  Navy  Department,  shall  be  allowed  transportation  ia  kind  foi 
selves  and  their  p<  lr.onal  bag-gage,  and  ten  dollars  per  day  for  expenses 
while  necessarily  traveling  in  the  execution  of  their  orders.     [Approved 
June  4,  1864.] 


An  Act  to  provide  fur  tin-   Compensation  of  Non-Commissioned  Officer?,, 
Soldiery,  Sailors  anil  Marin's  on  detailed  service. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  all 
persons  detailed  from  the  army,  or  after  enrollment  for  military  service,  or 
from  the  navy  or  marine  corps,  for  special  duty  or  exlra  duty,  shall  he 
allowed  to  receive  their  regular  pay,  rations  and  allowances,  as  if  they 
were  performing  service  in  the  field. 

SEC.  :2.  That  all  such  detached  or  detailed  men  shall  be  allowed,  in 
addition,  not  exceeding  two  dollars  per  day,  and  compensation  for  all 
extra  work,  or  for  any  uncommon  skill,  or  industry  displayed  in  tb< 
fonnance  of  duties  to  which  they  may  be  assigned,  in  proportion  to  the 
value  of  such  extra  labor  or  uncommon  skill  or  industry,  whether  it  be  in 
dng  an  unusual  amount  of  work  within  the  usual  hours  of  labor, 
or  vvork  performed  beyond  the  usual  hours,  or  extraordinary  skill  and 
isupc/ior  workmanship  displayed  in  the  execution  of  such  duties;  the 
value  of  said  extra  labor,  or  uncommon  skill  or  industry,  to  be  deter- 
mined by  the  officer  or  superintendent  under  whose  immediate  direction 
fiaid  detached  or  detailed  service  may  be  performed,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  Navy.  The  additional  compensation  provided 
in  this  section  shall  be  the  same  for  both  the  War  and  Navy  Departments, 
under  certain  rules  to  be  prescribed  by  the  President. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  non-commissioned  officers,  musician.-,  privates,  sailors 
or  marines,  detailed  to  government  contractors,  shall  be  so  detailed  with- 
out pay  and  allowances,  but  shall  be  compensated  for  their  services  by 
wages  received  from  said  contractors,  under  rules  to  bo  prescribed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  or  of  the  Navy.     [Approved  June  0,  1864.] 


An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  Quartermasters  and  Assistant 
Quartermasters  and  Commissaries  and  Assistant  Commissaries  in  the 
Provisional  Army  in  certain  cases. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  the 
lit  is  hereby  authorized,  by  and  with  ihe  advice  and  con 
the  Senate,  to  appoint  for  the  provisional  army  additional  quartermasters 
and  commissaries,  with  the  rank  of  colonel,  lieutenant  colonel  and  • 
provided,  that  such  additional  quartermasters  and  commissaries,  with  the 
rank  of  Colonel,  shall  not  exceed  the  mimber  of  military  departments  and 
separate  armies  existing  at  the  time  of  their  appointment;  and  that  the 
additional  quartermasters  ami  commissaries,  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
colonel,  shall  not  exceed  the  number  of  army  corps  existing  at  tl. 
of  tin -ii- appointment ;  and  that  the  additional  quartermaster?  and  com- 
missaries, with  the  rank  of  major,  shall  not  exceed  the  number  of  divi- 
sions of  the  army  existing  at  the  time  of  their  appointment;  and  foT  the 
collection,  control  and  distribution  of  rail  read  and  field  transportation 
and  army  supplies,  the  President  may  appoint  such  additional  quarter- 
masters and  assistant  quartermasters  and  commissaries  as  may  be 
sary  for  the  efficient  execution  of  the  duties  of  the  Quartermaster  and 
Commissary  Departments;  and  such  purchasing  agents  or  transportation 
agents  may  1  as  the  service  may  require,  who  shall  not  have 

military  rank,  and  whose  compensation  shall  not  exceed  the  pa; 
captain  of  infantry,  and  who  may  he  required  to  give  bond  for  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  those  duties;  but  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be 
construed  to  prohibit  the  assignment  of  quartermasters  and  coi 
or  assistant  quartermasters  or  conn  any  of  the  foregoing  duties, 

or  to  the  duty  of  paying  the  troops:  provided,  that  all  said  appointments 
shall  be  made  from  persons  who  are  over  forty-five  years  of  age,  or  who 
are  incapacitated  physically  for  service  in  the  field,  or  who  have  been  In 
the  service  over  twelve  months,  or  have  been  heretofore  discharging  any 
of  the  aforesaid  duties:  provided,  further,  that  additional  assistant  quar- 
termasters and  commissaries  shall  not  be  appointed,  if  there  are  officers 
already  in  service  who  can  be  assigned  to  such  duties  without  detriment 
to  the  service. 

Sec.  2.  That  it  shall  be  no  longer  incumbent  on  the  President  to  ap- 
point or  to  keep  in  service  an  assistant  quartermaster,  with  the  rank  of 
captain,  for  each  regiment  or  battalion  in  the  field ;  but  he  may  assign 
the  quartermaster  of  any  army  corps,  division,  brigade,  regiment  or  bat- 
talion, or  the  commissary  of  any  army,  army  corps,  division  or  brigade 
to  duty  as  quartermaster  or  commissary  elsewhere,  and  to  assign  quarter- 
distant  quartermasters,  and  commissaries  and  assistant  com- 


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•  posts  or  dej  >ts,  01  ;'•  ire  with 

armies,  army  corps,  di  1,  whenever  in  his 

opinion  the  public  interest  will  b<  promoted  then 

Sec.  ?>.   That  in  case,  the  services  of  any 
any  other  quartermaster  or  a  r,  or  coramis 

sistant  commissary,  appointed  under  this  act,  can,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Presid  and  such  offi cer  cannot  be  otherwise  appro 

priately  employed  to  flu  shall  be  dropped  from 

the  rolls,  and  he  shall  c  n  officer  of  the  provisional  army. 

I.   That  tl  i  1     and  he  is  hereby  autbi  |>poiut 

artermftster,  with  the  rani;  of  major,  W  te,-and  one  assis- 

tant  quartermaster,  with  the  rank  of  captain,  for  each  congressional  dis- 
trict in  the  Beveral  states,  to  execute  the  duti  •  nee  to 
the  tax  in  kind:  provided,  that  the  appointments  to  be  made  in  pursu- 
ance of  this  section  shall  bo  made  with  the  same  restrictions  and  limita- 
tions as  are  set  forth  in  the  fijst  proviso  to  the  first  section  of  this  act. 
[Approved  Juno  11.  1664.] 


An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  aid  any  State  in  communicating 
iriih  and  perfecting  Record's  concerning  its  Troupe,  approved  sixteenth 
February  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-fokr. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  thp 
above  named  act  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  Mow  to 

the  state  officer  therein  named  the  right  to  purchase  forage  for  one  horse 
in  addition  to  the  right  granted  thereby  to  purchase  one  ration:  said  pur- 
chases to  be  made  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  and  under  the, 
same  circumstances  under  which  officers  of  the  provisional  army  may  1" 
allowed  to  purchase  rations  or  forage.     [Approved  Mav  31,  18(54/] 


Joint.  Resolution  to  allow  Sid.- and   Wounded  Officers  of  the  Army  Traits 
pqrtation  to  ilteir  Homes,  and  Hospital  Accommodation?. 

Ived  by  Hi  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Americ  ■■■  Tru  I 

nick  and  wounded  officers  on  leaw,  upon  c< 

geons,  be  allowed  transportation  to  f.rir  homes  and  back  to  their  com- 
mands, as  in  the  ease  of  enlisted  in  on  furlough.  The  indulgence 
hereby  accorded  to  continue  in  force  for  ninety  days  after  the  next  meet- 
ing of  Congress. 

Resolved  further,  That  all  sick  and  wounded  officers  in  the  naval  and 


military  service  shall  be  entitled  to  enter  any  hospital,  and  receive  such 
treatment  and  rations  as  now  provided  by  law,  free  of  charge.  [Ap- 
proved June  10,  1864.] 


An  Act  to  graduate  the  Pay  of  General  Officers. 
The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact.  Tlmt  tho 
pay  of  a  general  shall  be  five  hundred  dollars  per  month ;  that  of  a  lieu- 
tenant general,  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  month;  and  that  of  a 
major  general,  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  month;  that  a  genera] 
commanding  an  army  in  the  field  shall  receive,  in  addition  to  the  said 
sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  per  month,  one  hundred  dollars ;  and  a  lieu- 
tenant general,  a  major  general  and  a  brigadier  general  shall,  whilst  serv- 
ing in  the  field,  each  receive  fifty  dollars  per  month,  in  addition  to  the 
sum  herein  allowed,  whilst  so  serving;  and  all  laws  allowing  additional 
compensation  for  coiumanding  a  separate  army  in  the  field,  be  and  they 
are  hereby  repealed,  except  as  herein  provided ;  and  that  this  act  shall  be 
in  force  for  one  year  and  do  longer.     [Approved  June  10,  180 1 .  ] 


An  Act  to  provide  and  organize  a  General  Staff  for  Armies  in  the  Field, 
to  serve  during  the  War. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
hereafter  the  general  staff  of  the  army  shall  constitute  a  corps,  and  staff 
officers  shall  no  longer,  except  by  xssigument.  be  attached  to  any  parti- 
cular military  organization,  or  be  held  to  duty  at  any  post.  That  promo- 
tions in  said  corps  shall  be  by  selection,  based  upon  capacity,  merit  and 
service;  and  no  one  shall  be  appointed  in  said  corps,  unless  he  has  been 
two  years  at  least  in  the  military  service  during  the  war,  or  is  over  forty- 
five  years  of  age,  or  is  unfit  for  military  service  in  the  field. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  assign  all  officers 
of  tho  staff  to  such  appropriate  duties  as  he  may  think  proper,  except 
that  he  shall  not  assign  them  to  commands  in  the.  line,  unless  in  cases  of 
emergency,  and  then  only  for  a  short  time ;  and  no  officer  shall  be  allowed 
to  hold  at  the  same  time  a  commission  or  appointment  in  the  staff  and  in 
the  line. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized,  upon  the  application 
of  any  general  commanding  an  army  in  the  field,  to  appoint,  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  or  assign  for  duty  with  such  gene- 
ral, whilst  so  commanding,  a  general  officer,  who  shall  be  charged,  uuder 
the  direction  of  the  general,  with  the  administration  of  his  army.    There 


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e  allowed  to  a,general  so  commanding,  two  assistant  adjutants 

'.  one  chief  quartermaster,  one  chief  of  ordnance,  and  one  chief 

commissary,  each  with  the   rank,  pay  anfl  allowances  of  a  colonel  of 

■:  a  surgeon,  as  medical  director,  with  the  pay  and  allowanc 

mel  of  cavalry  ;  one  aid  de  croup,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances 

olonel  of  cavalry ;  and  one  aid  de  camp,  with  the  rank,  pay  and 

allowances  of  a  lieutenant  c<  ivalry. 

4.  That  to  a  lieutenant  general  commanding  a  corps  (Tarmee  shall 
be  allowed,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President,  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Senate,  two  assistant  adjutants  general,  with  the  rank,  pay  and 
allowances  each  of  a  colonel  of  cavalry:  a  chief  of  ordnance,  a  chief 
quartermaster  and  a  chief  commissary,  each  with  the  rank,  pay  and 
allowances  of  a  lieutenant  colonel  of  cavalry.  ]Ie  shall  also  be  allowed 
one  surgeon,  as  medical  director,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President,  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  with  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a 
lieutenant  colonel  of  cavalry ;  and,  to  be  appointed  as  above,  one  aid  de 
camp,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  lieutenant  colonel  of 
cavalry  ;  and  one  aid  do  camp  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a 
of  cavalry. 

SEC.  5.  That  to  a  major  general  commanding  a  division  shall  be 
allowed,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President,  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Senate,  two  assistant  adjutants  general,  with  the  rank,  pay  and 
allowances  of  a  lieutenant  colonel  of  cavalry;  one  chief  of  ordnance, 
one  chief  quartermaster  and  one  chief  commissary,  each  with  the  rank, 
pay  and  allowances  of  a  major  of  cavalry;  also  a  surgeon,  with  the  pay 
and  allowances  of  a  major  of  cavalry;  one  aid  de  camp,  with  the  rank, 
pay  and  allowances  of  a  major  of  cavalry;  and  one  aid  de  camp,  with 
the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  cavalry. 

Sec.  G.  That  to  a  brigadier  general  commanding  a  brigade  shall  bo 
allowed,  to  he  appointed  as  herein  before  directed,  two  assistant  adjutants 
i  and  one  assistant  inspector  general,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  al- 
lowances each  of  a  major  of  cavalry;  one  surgeon,  with  the  pay  and 
allowances  of  a  major  of  cavalry;  one  ordnance  officer,  with  the  rank, 
pay  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  cavalry;  one  aid  de  camp,  with  tho 
rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  cavalry;  and  one  aid  de  camp, 
with  r he  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  first  lieutenant  of  cavalry. 

SEC.  7.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  reduce  the  number 
of  officers  allowed  by  this  act  to  the  staff  of  any  general  officer,  or  to  in- 
crease the  same  when  in  his  opinion  the  service  will  be  benefited  thereby. 

Sec.  8.  That  all  appointment:;  uuder  this  act  shall  be  mado  from  those 
already  in  service.     [Approved  June  14,  1864.] 


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[General  Orders,  No.  57.  June  30,  1864.] 

V.  Funds  will  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  such  quartern!  as  tors  attached 
to  the  conscript  service  in  each  state  as  may  be  deemed  expedient  by  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Bureau  of  Conscription,  and  will  be  disbursed 
upon  similar  vouchers,  and  as  near  as  may  be,  according  to  the  forms 
and  regulations  prescribed  for  the  Quartermaster's  Department.  All  re- 
turns, vouchers,  reports,  accounts  current,  abstracts  and  summary  state- 
ments, connected  with  the  disbursement  of  these  funds,  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  Bureau  of  Conscription,  at.  the  stated  periods,  and  in  the  manner 
i.nd  form  prescribed  by  the  General  Regulations  of  the  Quartermaster's 
Department, 

VI.  All  accounts  for  pay  of  officers,  clerks  and  employees,  and  for 
current  and  extraordinary  expenses  of  the  conscription  service,  will  be 
paid  only  upon  the  order  or  approval  of  the  commandant  of  conscript* 
for  the  state  wherein  such  accounts  and  expenses  may  be  incurred,  or 
upon  the  order  or  approval  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Bureau  of  Con- 
scription. 

VII.  The  compensation  and  commutation,  or  other  allowances  of 
officers,  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  ui  the  army,  who  may  be 
detailed  for  service  under  the  orders  of  the  Bureau  of  Conscription,  will 
be  paid,  as  heretofore,  by  quartermasters,  out  of  the  appropriation  for  pay 
of  the  army  and  the  service  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 


ADDITIONAL   INSTRUCTIONS. 

1 .  Hereafter,  the  issue  of  stationery  to  officers  on  duty  in  the  Conscript 
Bureau,  will  be  made  by  quartermasters  who  have  been  assigned  to  duty 
with  that  branch  of  the  service;  and  all  requisitions  therefor  must  be 
inn d.e  upon  them. 

ii.  The  issue  of  stationery  to  officers  on  duty  as  provost  marshals,  will 
be  the  same  as  to  officers  of  the  ''Inspector  General,  Pay  and  Quarter- 
master's Departments,"  as  laid  down  in  Schedule,  paragraph  .">7,  Regula- 
tions of  the  Quartermaster's  Department.  The  issues  will  be  made  on 
requisitions  approved  by  the  commanding  officers. 

3.   Paragraph  70  of  Quartermaster's  Regulations,  authorising  th->  sale 
<»f  horses  to  mounted  officers,  under  certain  circumstances,  will  rot  be 
construed  to  authorize  such  sales  by  post  quartermasters,  but  only  by 
quartermasters  serving  in  the  field. 
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/;     Bass  (1  imiahed  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depai&l 

[epartment  wlm  may  have  became  permanently  de- 
I  from  the  positions  to  which  they  were  originally  appointed,  will, 
•the  Act  of  (  ■     _    1,  1863,  be  dropped  from  the  rotts  of 

the  army,  unless  they  '  I  by  a  special  order  of  the  Se- 

cretary of  War.     [Si  e  Genera]  Orders,  No.  70,  series  of  1863.] 

T!      assi    runenl   to  quartermaster's  duties,  in  the  absence  of  the 
ormaster,  or  hi  case  «>:'  u  vacancy  of  any  person  except  a  subaltern 
of  the  line,  is  without  authority  of  law,  and  such  assignments  cannot  be 
aized. 

7.  Par;:--:  »f  the  Army  Regnlatfajps,  .is  amenfled  by  General 
■s,  No,  121,  of,  J  Hi;:},  declares  that  in  no  case  will  an  officer  who  is 

required  to  give  an  official  bond,  be  aR,signe8  to  duty  and  receive  pay 
•until  he  has  received  bis  appointment.    This  appointment,  must  emanate 
the  War  Department. 

8.  Quartermaster's  supplies,  except  in  cases  provided  for  in  the  Regu- 
lations, will  not  hereafter  be  transferred  to  officers  of  other  disbursing  de- 
partmi  ■  dc  "When  it  shall  be  necessary  for  such  officers 
to  obtain  such  supplies,  quartermasters  will  be  authorized  by  this  depart- 
ment to  sell  them  at  the  cost  price;  and  where  that  is  not  known,  at  the 
price  ruling  at  the  place  of  transfer,  or  the  nearest  market.  In  the  event 
of  the  purchasing  officer  not  having  funds  to  pay.  his  certified  account 
shall  be  a  sufijeient  voucher  to  the  quartermaster  for  the  disposition  of 

.,  rides. 
-.    The  commutation  of  officers'  quarters  has  been  fixed  at  twenty  dol- 
lars per  month  at  all  points  other  than  at  Richmond,  and  fuel  at  the  mar- 
irice* 
:0.   In' consequence  of  the  large  amount  of  funds  transferred  to  the 
ry  by  disbu  rs  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  under 

lar  of  March  9,  1864J  it  becomes  necessary  to  call  particular  astern 
tlon  to  paragraph  892  of  the  Army  Regulations,  as  follows: 
"The  chiefs  of  disbursing  departments  who  submit  requisitions  for 
to  be  remitted  to  disbursing  officers,  shall  ti  '  t  no  more 

money  than  actually  needed  is  in  the  hands  of  any  officer." 

The  object  of  this  paragraph  has  been  defeated  by  the  frequent  failure 
of  officers  to  transmit  their  monthly  summary  statements  with  their  esti- 
mates for  funds.     The  irregularity  and  embarrassment  thus  introduced 
irfto  the  operations  of  the  department,  can  be  obviated  only  by  b 
enforcement  of  the  requirements  of  paragraph  1050. 

Disbursing  officers  are  therefore  instructed  to   submit,,  together  with 


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'heir  estimates  for  funds  for  any  particular  month,  their  summary  state- 
ment for  the  mouth  immediately  preceding.  Estimates  unaccompanied 
with  such  statements  vHul  not  receive  attention ;  and  disbursing  officers 

unds  to  others,  are  directed  i 
r  to  any  oSicer  who  has  not  complied  with  these  instructions. 
Ill   making  their -estimates,  officers  will  be  very  careful  not  to  exceed 
^be  amount  they  may  actually  need. 

A.  R.  LAWTON. 


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